🌱 Deadly Drive-By Shooting In Austin + Tax Levy Increase For OPRF HS

It's a new week! Let's get to the latest local news affecting Oak Park and River Forest.

But first, today's weather: Cloudy. High: 42 Low: 35.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Oak Park-River Forest today:

1. Two people were shot and killed in Austin Saturday. A third person was injured in the drive-by shooting in the 200 block of South Cicero Avenue. (NBC)

2. A public hearing is set for Dec. 15 on the subject of OPRF High School’s proposed tax levy increase. Virtual and in-person options will be available for the meeting next week. “The proposed 2022 levy is not expected to be greater than a 5% increase over the 2021 tax extension,” according to Chief Financial Officer Cyndi Sidor. (OPRFHS)

3. Demand is rising for pediatric pain reducers as cases of COVID-19, RSV and flu increase for kids across Illinois, WBEZ reports. A spokesperson for Children’s Tylenol manufacturer Johnson & Johnson said “there are no supply chain issues and we do not have an overall shortage in the U.S.” despite the spike in demand for medicines to reduce fever. (WBEZ)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Resident registration opens for winter programs at the River Forest Park District. (8:30 a.m.)
• Paint watercolors at Oak Park Public Library. (11 a.m.)
• Author Caroline Woods discusses “The Lunar Housewife” at the Nineteenth Century Club. (1:15 p.m.)
• Attend Dominican University’s online lecture “Braiding Sweetgrass: Healing our Relationships with the Earth.” (5 p.m.)
• FitzGeralds hosts free screenings of “It’s A Wonderful Life.” (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Wednesday Journal has a guide for getting to know Oak Park and River Forest village trustee candidates running for board seats in April. (Wednesday Journal)
• Dominican University students traveled to Washington DC recently to advocate for protecting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. (DU)
• Santa’s Mailbox is set up at The Depot in River Forest. Letters can be dropped off through Dec. 16. (Park District)

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About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.